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NIH Announces Five New Members to National Neurology Advisory Council

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) announced five new members to the NINDS National Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council. The Council is composed of 18 physician, scientist, and public representatives who are appointed to 4-year terms. Council members meet three times annually to review applications submitted by scientists seeking financial support in the areas of biomedical research and research training on disorders of the brain and nervous system and to advise the NINDS on program planning and priorities in the area of research.

The new members were introduced by the NINDS director, Story Landis, at the Council's September 2007 meeting. They are as follows:

Luis F. Parada, PhD, chair, Department of Developmental Biology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Dr. Parada directs the University's Kent Waldrep Center for Basic Research on Nerve Growth and Regeneration. He is currently on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Pew Scholars Foundation and is a past member of the Retts Syndrome Research Foundation Board. Dr. Parada is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Timothy A. Pedley, MD, professor of neurology and chair of the Department of Neurology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Pedley is also neurologist-in-chief at The New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center. He is president of the American Neurological Association, past chair of the American Board of Clinical Physiology, and former president of the American Epilepsy Society and the Epilepsy Foundation of America. Dr. Pedley is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the New York Academy of Medicine, and The Institute of Medicine and a fellow of the AAAS.

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